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Congrats, you’ve got a small list of good things. Have you looked at the list of horrendous things?

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I lived in USSR, but go ahead tell me how terrible life there was because I’m sure you’re far more educated on the subject.

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Do not let confirmation bias and nationalism control your view. I could say “America hasn’t done anything bad, it’s all Russian propaganda, I currently live here and I’m doing just fine.” We both know that people suffer everywhere.

The general statement I made was not about what you experienced, it was about the attroticities that were committed by the government and leading parties. You could even consider Stalin alone and outweigh everything good it ever did. His lowball kill count through deliberate pillaging of his own populace (farmers), selective starvation to kill off groups he did not favor, and planned genocides (yes, plural) against the USSR’s own populace beats Hitler himself. And it’s not even close.

But let’s look at more recent occurrences, those you likely heard about yourself. Let’s also ignore the cold war, a national dick measuring contest and dumb all around. Between multiple proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Vietnam, they put all their eggs in one basket as they literally always have: war. The USSR entirely sacrificed their domestic production, research, and innovation for their people to put it towards killing others. Their entire economy stagnated and collapsed because they couldn’t support their population. And, as always, the people rebelled and won.

And, just on time, look what we are back to.

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I linked you literal scientific studies showing that communism greatly improved life in tangible material terms, and that life got dramatically worse after USSR dissolved. I also provided surveys showing what people who lived under both systems have to say. You on the other hand, just spewed absolute nonsense that’s not actually backed by facts.

Also, nobody rebelled against USSR, vast majority of people were against the dissolution, and nobody won. Over 7 million people died and the standard of living dropped dramatically after.

You are either an ignoramus or a liar. You should be deeply ashamed of yourself in either case.

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